Yep. It's sickening/maddening.

If you work in retail or service long enough, you get a sixth sense about what is and is not worth making a fuss about. It's the saddest superpower ever.

He's the kind of drunk driver who would get into an accident and kill somebody else, and walk away with maybe some whiplash. It's like a douchebag superpower.

"Jobs get the loyalty they earn" If only I could tattoo that on the foreheadof every corporate person in my company. I have been sooooo screwed over by the company I currently work for. They made a whole bunch of promises when I got hired and now they are like " well what happened was.... (insert bullshit)." Now I…

Honestly, by the time you make it to Canada we will already have become exactly like America as far as treating retail and service workers goes. As we speak, I'm sure the HOs of all the chain stores are looking for loopholes that will allow them to fire people whenever they want just like in the States. My boss is…

This is standard in the restaurant industry. They don't follow employment laws. Google ROC United.

I believe you can file anonymously with the state labor board. At least that's what I believe happened when I worked at a job and they had someone come in from the labor board and interview each one of us about brakes, overtime, treatment, etc and ordered changes based upon findings

US federal law does not require breaks of any kind, but many state laws do, so the legality of that would vary by state.

Sure, but an employer that's already flaunting the law by not allowing their employees a break to eat ain't gonna give a shit about the other laws that say they can't fire people for filing complaints. And what would I do about it, pay a lawyer to contest my firing, all for a bullshit minimum wage restaurant job? It…

It may not be legal, but when you've already exhausted your unemployment benefits, cashed out your 401k, emptied your savings account, maxed out your credit cards, and don't make enough to put anything in savings, it's kind of hard to consider rocking the boat when you don't have a life raft to jump into when the ship…

If we're a socialist utopia, I don't even want to think about what you guys are experiencing!

I had a job at a restaurant (in the US) where I wasn't allowed a break. Probably not legal, but the owner didn't give a shit about what was legal and what wasn't. This is the guy that took a beer from the bar, poured it into a plastic cup, and then got into his car and drove home with the beer in his hand. I know it…

One girl I work with just told me last night about how she once had to work 11 hours straight with no break for food, so she wrote to HR of this nationwide chain and complained. They instituted breaks for about a week after that for everyone but her. And that was just for the gift shop employees, not the people who…

I froze up when this happened to me and ran off the train the first moment I could. But recently Ive found a good tactic: when guys are leering at me I maintain eye contact and vigorously pick my nose. They can't look away fast enough.

Yes, you should have done something. It is awful to be harassed, and to have tons of people around who could do something to help, but don't. (Ever heard of the bystander effect?) Every time bystanders allow harassment to happen that reinforces the behavior. Being passive about sexism is no different from condoning it.

I had a situation recently where I was gearing up to do something, and I'm still not sure if I should have or not. A guy across from me on a train was constantly hassling the woman sitting across from him - leaning far into her space, flicking down the top of her newspaper, making little comments etc. I was sitting…

Yes! As I wrote further down, I'm making a deliberate effort to confront harassers directly (when it's possible to do so, that is: if it's dark or I'm in an unfamiliar place or there isn't anyone else around, it can be stupider to try to confront someone than to just remove yourself from the situation as quickly as…

My first day in NYC. I was 24. This happened. On the subway. I went to the subway staff and one man just laughed. As a Brit, I was pretty fucking appalled. Thankfully, someone else took me seriously and then I told the cops. They were nice too actually.

I loved your description of your daughters. And I feel like I share a little of your pain and frustration. You're doing a great job for them, though.

This is so irrelevant to the topic at hand. Being asked for money isn't even near the massive umbrella of sexual harassment/assaults.